Mosquito-net frame



(No Model.)

O. P. DIEGO.

, MOSQUITO NET FRAME? No. 530,164. Patented Dec. 4, 1894.

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CHARLES P. DIEGO, OF OWENSBOROUGH, KENTUCKY.

MOSQUITO-NET vFRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,164, dated December4, 1894.

Application filed February 21. 1894. Serial No. 500,988. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES P. DIEco, residing at Owensborough, in thecounty of Daviess and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and ImprovedMosquito-Net Frame, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved net supporting frame adapted to bedetachably connected to a bedstead, and it has for its bjeot to providea supporting frame of this kind of a simple and inexpensive nature, andinwhich the several parts are adjustably connected, whereby it can besecured to bedsteads of different sizes.

It has also for its object to provide a device of the characterstated',in which the net supporting members can be quickly andconveniently raised by a person while lying in bed; and with other minorobjects in view, which will hereinafter be referred to, the inventionconsists in such novel features of construction and peculiar combinationof parts as will be first described in detail and then be particularlypointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved netsupporting frame or holder in position for use. Fig. 2'is a transversesection {taken on line 22 of Fig. 1) 0f the holder, the pivoted sidemembers being shown raised in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a'detailperspective view of the elevating means and head board bracket member.Fig. 4 is a detail view of the adjusting means hereinafter specificallyreferred to.

In the practical construction of my inven tion, I employ metal bracketsA and B, one at each end, one of which A, I term the head board bracket,and the other B, the foot board bracket, as they are adapted to berespectively secured to the head and foot boards of the bedstead, andfor such purpose such brackets have at their lower ends base portions a,and b, apertured for the passage of the fastening screws 0, 0, as shown.At the upper ends the brackets A and B have cross bars D D, and to eachof such bars is secured a pair of pivoted arms E E, F F, which armsproject to opposite sides of the bed, the ends of the arms E beingconnected to the ends of the arms F, by the longitudinal bars G G. Itwillbe noticed by reference to Figs. 1 and 3 that the said arms E and Fare pivotally secured to the barsD in such a manner that their outerends e,f, will overbalance their inner ends ef' and thereby normallyswing to a horizontal position, they being held to such position by thestuds H H, which form rests therefor, such studs being arranged a shortdistance outward from the pivots I, so that when the said arms E and Eare raised beyond a vertical position they will be held elevated, asiudicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

On the head board bracket A at the outer ends are journaled levers J,having each a member-j, extendedinward toward the standard andterminating in an eyej', and an outwardly extending [I16lnb6lj having acrank or projecting portion 3' extended under the arms F, and a centralportion j which is pivoted to the outer ends of the bar D, as shown. Tothe eyes j are secured the ends of a cord K, the ends of which extenddown in aloop 7a to a point where it can be conveniently reached by theperson resting in the bed.

So far as described it will be readily seen that. in case the occupantwishes to elevate the net at one or both sides of the bed, it will beonly necessary topull on theloop It to pro- So duce the effect desired,and while making the bed, or for other desired purposes, the side armscan be swung up to a vertical position, where they will remain untillowered by hand.

To provide means whereby the support can be secured to beds of differentlengths and widths the side bars G and the bars E and F are madeadjustable, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4, by reference to which itwill be noticed the said arms have elongated slots F and E'- and G,through which pass'securingbolts M and N, which are made fast to metalangle members 0, the parts being held to their adjusted positions, bythe nuts P, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combinationof the brackets A and B having cross bars at their upper ends, thepivoted arms E and F, studs on such cross bars wardly from their pivots,the side bars G and which projects under the arms E F and a cord a themeans for elevating the armsE and F, all having a loop portion connectedat the ends substantially as shown and described.

2. In a mosquito not support, the combination with the brackets A havingcross bars D, the pivoted arms E and F, and their connecting bars G, ofthe levers J pivoted to one of the bars D, having each a central orpivot portion, and oppositely extending arms, one of to the adjacentinner ends of the levers J all arranged substantially as shown anddescribed.

CHARLES P. DIEGO. Witnesses:

CHAS. S. WANDLING, 0. F. MCCARROLL.

